The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited vSphere over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software category for the Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 62 74 82
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +8
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 28 27 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 3.211% 2.118% 1.137%
As % of the System Software category 25.23% 19.85% 19.18%
Number of salaries quoted 28 23 14
Average salary £46,000 £46,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.35% +6.25%
All System Software
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
111 136 73
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 12.73% 10.67% 5.930%
Number of salaries quoted 93 116 66
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% +1.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £52,600 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
vSphere
South West

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing vSphere across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Gloucestershire vSphere Jobs Demand Trend

vSphere
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing vSphere across the Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing vSphere across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Gloucestershire vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing vSphere within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Gloucester +3 6 £34,500 -13.75%
vSphere
South West

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing vSphere also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited vSphere.

1 52 (100.00%) Windows
2 51 (98.08%) VMware
3 50 (96.15%) Symantec
4 49 (94.23%) Linux
5 47 (90.38%) Cisco
5 47 (90.38%) Citrix
6 46 (88.46%) SAN
7 45 (86.54%) NetApp
7 45 (86.54%) SQL
8 44 (84.62%) J2EE
8 44 (84.62%) MySQL
8 44 (84.62%) JBoss
8 44 (84.62%) Solaris
8 44 (84.62%) DV Cleared
8 44 (84.62%) Security Cleared
9 43 (82.69%) VMware ESX
9 43 (82.69%) ITIL
10 42 (80.77%) DHCP
10 42 (80.77%) HP
10 42 (80.77%) NetBackup
11 41 (78.85%) Brocade
11 41 (78.85%) Web Development
11 41 (78.85%) Software Architecture
11 41 (78.85%) Veritas
11 41 (78.85%) HPUX
11 41 (78.85%) Apache
11 41 (78.85%) WebLogic
11 41 (78.85%) Perl
12 29 (55.77%) Java
13 26 (50.00%) C#

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing vSphere also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited vSphere. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 44 (84.62%) J2EE
2 15 (28.85%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 41 (78.85%) Apache
1 41 (78.85%) WebLogic
2 6 (11.54%) MS Exchange
3 3 (5.769%) Tomcat
4 2 (3.846%) IBM Notes
4 2 (3.846%) Lotus Domino
4 2 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.923%) Exchange Server 2000
5 1 (1.923%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 46 (88.46%) SAN
2 42 (80.77%) DHCP
3 3 (5.769%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (5.769%) Firewall
4 2 (3.846%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.923%) NetScaler
5 1 (1.923%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (1.923%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.923%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (84.62%) MySQL
2 5 (9.615%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.769%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (1.923%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (5.769%) Git (software)
1 3 (5.769%) ClearQuest
1 3 (5.769%) ClearCase
General
1 1 (1.923%) Finance
Job Titles
1 26 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 26 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
2 20 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (7.692%) Analyst
3 4 (7.692%) Support Analyst
4 3 (5.769%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (3.846%) Server Support
5 2 (3.846%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
5 2 (3.846%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (1.923%) Technical Support Analyst
6 1 (1.923%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (1.923%) Senior Technical Consultant
6 1 (1.923%) Server Support Analyst
6 1 (1.923%) Server Analyst
6 1 (1.923%) 3rd Line Server Support
6 1 (1.923%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (1.923%) Consultant
6 1 (1.923%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (1.923%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 15 (28.85%) Mathematics
2 3 (5.769%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 52 (100.00%) Windows
2 49 (94.23%) Linux
3 44 (84.62%) Solaris
4 41 (78.85%) HPUX
5 6 (11.54%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (5.769%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (5.769%) Ubuntu
7 2 (3.846%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (3.846%) CentOS
8 1 (1.923%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.923%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (82.69%) ITIL
2 41 (78.85%) Web Development
2 41 (78.85%) Software Architecture
3 14 (26.92%) Identity Management
4 1 (1.923%) Business Development
4 1 (1.923%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (86.54%) SQL
2 41 (78.85%) Perl
3 29 (55.77%) Java
4 26 (50.00%) C#
4 26 (50.00%) C++
5 15 (28.85%) Shell Script
6 2 (3.846%) VBScript
6 2 (3.846%) C
6 2 (3.846%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 44 (84.62%) DV Cleared
1 44 (84.62%) Security Cleared
2 26 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 17 (32.69%) Degree
4 3 (5.769%) MCITP
4 3 (5.769%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (5.769%) MCSE
4 3 (5.769%) MCSA
5 1 (1.923%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (1.923%) NCDA
5 1 (1.923%) NCIE
System Software
1 43 (82.69%) VMware ESX
2 4 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.769%) Hyper-V
3 3 (5.769%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (5.769%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.923%) XenApp
4 1 (1.923%) XenServer
4 1 (1.923%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 42 (80.77%) NetBackup
2 8 (15.38%) WSUS
2 8 (15.38%) Backup Exec
3 3 (5.769%) Norton AntiVirus
3 3 (5.769%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 2 (3.846%) WhatsUp Gold
4 2 (3.846%) McAfee ePO
4 2 (3.846%) SCCM
5 1 (1.923%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 51 (98.08%) VMware
2 50 (96.15%) Symantec
3 47 (90.38%) Cisco
3 47 (90.38%) Citrix
4 45 (86.54%) NetApp
5 44 (84.62%) JBoss
6 42 (80.77%) HP
7 41 (78.85%) Brocade
7 41 (78.85%) Veritas
8 5 (9.615%) Sophos
9 3 (5.769%) Perforce
9 3 (5.769%) SolarWinds
9 3 (5.769%) Red Hat
9 3 (5.769%) Dell
9 3 (5.769%) Oracle
9 3 (5.769%) Microsoft
10 2 (3.846%) Juniper
10 2 (3.846%) Lotus
10 2 (3.846%) McAfee
11 1 (1.923%) Websense